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KINDS OF LOVE THAT AREN’T ROMANTIC
(add your entry in the comments)
Love for an elderly couple holding hands
Love for a golden retriever who plunks himself on the sidewalk
Love for that golden retriever’s human trying to coerce him to continue walking
Love for kids with lemonade stands
Love for a barista who makes you smile on a shitty day
Love for little girls with wild hair doing cartwheels in any open space they can find
Love for the memories of a friendship that no longer exists
Love for the people of Minnesota
Love for the justice chasers
Love for the kid and his dad racing to get a kite up in the air
Love for the sample person who doesn’t comment that it’s your second sample
Love for the neighbor who works hard to grow beautiful flowers for everyone to enjoy
Love for the neighbor who puts out artificial flowers because that is how they can offer beauty
Love for anyone with a porch goose
Love for the grocery cashier who is kind
Love for anyone who is kind
Love for the kid in the park learning to ride their bike
Love for the kid with their face buried in a book
Love for toast, the best food on the planet
Love for a group of old friends getting together for coffee
Love for that friend who always tells you enthusiastically how amazing you look, even when you know she’s full of shit
Love for the friend you says “Hello, beautiful,” whenever they talk to you
Love for the woman in the bar bathroom who fixes your hair
Love for the friend who always has snacks
Love for anywho who laughs at your jokes
Love for the co-worker who knows your coffee order
Love for everyone at a wedding
Love for everyone at a funeral
Love for the check-out person who knows a discount code for you
Love for anyone sitting on a bench reading
Love for a group of characters in a book that feel like your friend group that you miss when you finish the book
Love for people who spend their lives studying something obscure and arcane
Love for people who spend their lives making the world better for other people
Love for people who speak out against bullshit
Love for people in the grass costumes
Love for the shark on the left
Love for the meme creators
Love for a particular spoon which is far superior to the others
Love for the slant of sunlight through your window
Love for two dancing tendrils of steam from fresh cups of tea
Love for that feeling of hot water on your body
Love for the feeling of cool water on a hot day
Love for the person who brings you water when you are thirsty
Love for the person struggling thousands of miles away
love for the person who just celebrated a milestone
Love for the strangers on the subway wearing matching shoes
Love for women who choose to age visibly
Love for women growing out their gray
Love for women growing out that pixie cut that seemed like a good idea
Love for women who can pull off a pixie cut
Love for the vulnerable person who asks for help
Love for the helpers
What did I miss? Add it in the comments.
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